Ben Shelton It is coming to him as a high flight talent this summer in North America’s strong courts. And he is just starting.
The 22-year-old American pulled Jiri Lehecka 6-4 6-4 on Thursday afternoon in Cincinnati to extend his current winning belt to nine. Last week in Toronto, Shelton became the youngest American to win a master’s degree since 2004And he has continued his growth with three more victories in Cincinnati, where he will face Alexander Zverev in the quarter -finals on Friday.
If Shelton could win that match, he would provide himself for a high ranking-5.
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Shelton is now the first American man to reach the last eight in Canada and Cincinnati in the same season since Mardy Fish in 2012.
“I’m hungry. I’m in a good pace,” Shelton Jill Craybas told court after his victory when asked about the key to his last erection. “I think confidence along with not being satisfied, wanting to try myself over and over again every time I am in court, and having things I want to be better is a big motive for me and that drives me every match.”
Shelton has lost all three of his previous matches with Zverev.
He won 26 of the 32 points of the first service against Lehecka and broke the 22nd 22nd Czechek.
Shelton attacked late in the first, breaking for 5-4, before serving the set in love.
From 2-0 below Southpaw continued to break twice lehecka, including another 5-4 break, before serving the match at 15.
